Iowa State's marijuana shirt ban case costs school almost $1 million

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State University’s unconstitutional crackdown on a pro-marijuana student group’s T-shirts will cost state taxpayers nearly $1 million in damages and legal fees.

Court documents indicate a judge approved $598,208 in attorney fees and costs on Wednesday. That amount is in addition to payments the state agreed to in January to settle the case including $75,000 each to Paul Gerlich and Erin Furleigh, the students who filed the lawsuit in 2014 and $193,000 to their lawyers for federal court appeals.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/03/21/iowa-states-marijuana-shirt-ban-case-costs-school-almost-1-million/